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Webbhead1584

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So I just wanted to say hi to the community.. I brought the game as iv always been interested in these sort of games so obviously only having a ps4 it made sense to get it... Boy I'm so glad I have
(it's even made me think about getting a gaming pc to play more of these types of games) iv never played a game that's made me really think about it and even when I'm not playing I just want to play it but can't because of my stupid kids(joking)
So as you guys can tell I'm very pleased with my purchase and also I'm hoping to become apart of the community aswell..
(also if anyone has any tips or point me in the direction as to what's needed for the pc to run paradox games then il be very grateful

Looking forward to interacting with the community

Webbhead1584
 
Hello there Webbhead. Nice to have you here. I didn't like vanilla Stellaris on PC, but for some reason I am loving it on my Xbox. I guess, I always prefer a controller in my hand than mouse and keyboard. :)
 
Webbhead1584 said:
Nice to meet you davor.. Yeah a controller is good but I'm more interested in other games now iv caught the bug. Can't wait to try some Multiplayer when they release it.
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What are you looking for? Real time, turn based? Another game I love is Warlock 2. That is nice little turn based gem in my opinion. If you don't want turn based you have Europa Universalis and Hearts of Iron series to look at. There is also older great games like Masters of Orion 1 and 2. Civ IV and V and Alpha Centauri. Those are turn based. If you want a civ type game in real time there is also Rise of Nations.

Sadly for me, I bought all the Europa Universalis and Hearts of Iron game but I have a problem with them because those games start with so much. By that unlike Stellaris where you start with one planet and then expand, all the countries are there and it's too much for me to take in. That is why I prefer the other games. EU and HoI can be over whelming at first.

Hope this helps and you come to the right place for grand strategy games. :)
 
Davor said:
What are you looking for? Real time, turn based? Another game I love is Warlock 2. That is nice little turn based gem in my opinion. If you don't want turn based you have Europa Universalis and Hearts of Iron series to look at. There is also older great games like Masters of Orion 1 and 2. Civ IV and V and Alpha Centauri. Those are turn based. If you want a civ type game in real time there is also Rise of Nations.

Sadly for me, I bought all the Europa Universalis and Hearts of Iron game but I have a problem with them because those games start with so much. By that unlike Stellaris where you start with one planet and then expand, all the countries are there and it's too much for me to take in. That is why I prefer the other games. EU and HoI can be over whelming at first.

Hope this helps and you come to the right place for grand strategy games. :)
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Thanks i guess I'm looking for more of this type I like civ but always wanted more from it. Looking at what paradox do I'm sure il be OK sticking with them. I need to get started on my pc first that's going to be the hard part as I really don't know where to start
 
You don't need a good graphics card to run Stellaris, Crusader Kings 2 or Civilization etc. on your PC. Important is a good CPU (since many of these games are older and not optimized for multi-core CPUs, it's good to prefer raw processing speed over having lots of cores) and a decent amount of RAM. But really, if you just go to a computer store and buy the current up-to-date budget model they're advertising and a 17 to 21 inch screen, keyboard and mouse, you're already set. These types of games are not very hardware-hungry. But: don't buy a PC without a dedicated graphics card that only has an onboard graphics chip on the mainboard. It would probably run the game, but having already invested into a brand new PC you don't want your performance to suck. So, opt for a "gaming" or "multimedia" system, not one purely for office work. But you don't need a high or even medium price gaming system, budget solution is fine. Hope that helps!

And yes, Paradox games can be super fun and it's nice that the console edition seems to have opened up this whole world of complex strategy games for more people. :)
 
Evangeline said:
You don't need a good graphics card to run Stellaris, Crusader Kings 2 or Civilization etc. on your PC. Important is a good CPU (since many of these games are older and not optimized for multi-core CPUs, it's good to prefer raw processing speed over having lots of cores) and a decent amount of RAM. But really, if you just go to a computer store and buy the current up-to-date budget model they're advertising and a 17 to 21 inch screen, keyboard and mouse, you're already set. These types of games are not very hardware-hungry. But: don't buy a PC without a dedicated graphics card that only has an onboard graphics chip on the mainboard. It would probably run the game, but having already invested into a brand new PC you don't want your performance to suck. So, opt for a "gaming" or "multimedia" system, not one purely for office work. But you don't need a high or even medium price gaming system, budget solution is fine. Hope that helps!

And yes, Paradox games can be super fun and it's nice that the console edition seems to have opened up this whole world of complex strategy games for more people. :)
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Thanks this has helped can I ask you to iv seen gaming pc from game for around 500 (the cheapest I think was 399) do you think that would be enough to run them guessing by the price range? I'm mainly going to use it just for the games that can't be brought on consoles and strategy gqmes as this game really has opened up a different game iv been looking for for a long time
 
Webbhead1584 said:
Thanks i guess I'm looking for more of this type I like civ but always wanted more from it. Looking at what paradox do I'm sure il be OK sticking with them. I need to get started on my pc first that's going to be the hard part as I really don't know where to start
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Well, what kind of PC do you want to buy? Brand spanking new that is really good and money is not an option, or something affordable for now since money is an option. If it's something affordable for now, then look at Europa Universallis 1 and 2, maybe 3 and Hearts of Iron 1, 2 and maybe 3. Those are really complicated games but since they are old you don't need to worry about them running poorly on a PC that was made in the last 5 years and really affordable. So this way if you just want a PC to start playing and not putting the money into it, you don't need to worry about EU IV and HoI IV since you already have the other games mentioned to play and keep you busy for a long time. :).

Now if you want a PC to run Stellaris as well, the question is, how "big" do you want to go. By that is how many stars you want to play in. For me, my gaming laptop can play about 400, 600 stars well, anything over that, and the game runs slow. So to play "big" on PC for Stellairs you need a really good gaming rig and it can still run slow for you. So keep that in mind.

Also another game to look at if you want something like Stellaris is Distant Worlds Universe. That is another complicated game but has so many options to let the AI do the things you don't want to do and is a 4X space real time game. Not as pretty as Stellaris since it came way before it, but maybe something you might like as well.

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Also are you going to play on your TV or a monitor? If not worrying about a monitor, then you can use that extral $100 or $200 on a moitor to the PC.

I am not an expert, but try and get 8 gigs or ram, better 16. CPU want at least over 2.0 ghz and an ok graphics card. Don't buy just an intergrated video card, they usually cause problems with games. .

Hope this helps. Also you can always ask us before you buy and say what you found.
 
Davor said:
Well, what kind of PC do you want to buy? Brand spanking new that is really good and money is not an option, or something affordable for now since money is an option. If it's something affordable for now, then look at Europa Universallis 1 and 2, maybe 3 and Hearts of Iron 1, 2 and maybe 3. Those are really complicated games but since they are old you don't need to worry about them running poorly on a PC that was made in the last 5 years and really affordable. So this way if you just want a PC to start playing and not putting the money into it, you don't need to worry about EU IV and HoI IV since you already have the other games mentioned to play and keep you busy for a long time. :).

Now if you want a PC to run Stellaris as well, the question is, how "big" do you want to go. By that is how many stars you want to play in. For me, my gaming laptop can play about 400, 600 stars well, anything over that, and the game runs slow. So to play "big" on PC for Stellairs you need a really good gaming rig and it can still run slow for you. So keep that in mind.

Also another game to look at if you want something like Stellaris is Distant Worlds Universe. That is another complicated game but has so many options to let the AI do the things you don't want to do and is a 4X space real time game. Not as pretty as Stellaris since it came way before it, but maybe something you might like as well.

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Also are you going to play on your TV or a monitor? If not worrying about a monitor, then you can use that extral $100 or $200 on a moitor to the PC.

I am not an expert, but try and get 8 gigs or ram, better 16. CPU want at least over 2.0 ghz and an ok graphics card. Don't buy just an intergrated video card, they usually cause problems with games. .

Hope this helps. Also you can always ask us before you buy and say what you found.
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Thanks davor this is all really helpful but I need to start to looking into it. I already have a gaming monitor as my kids and other half take the TV so that side of it will be OK I think my best option will be going to an actual shop and explaining what I want and what it needs to do so they give me the best option

But my budget isn't loads 500 max could go higher if I needed to tho
 
What country do you live in? If Canada, I can help out a bit since I know in Canadian prices.

Big question. Laptop or desktop? Since you said monitor I am guessing desktop then.

I just checked out Best Buy in Canada. As you said, you can get an "OK" rig for that price range. Just make sure it has an nVidia or AMD graphics card. An SSD would be great as well. So your $500 price ranges can get you an "OK" to "good" PC to run the older games.

Just remember if you are going to play Stellaris PC version you will be playing on small galaxies, but I guess that will not be a problem since we are playing that on console.

One thing to remember though, Stellaris on PC is so different from the console version. Lots like the newer version, and lots don't like the newer version. So beware of that and good luck. :)
 
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I'm new to the 'Grand Strategy Games' field as well. I've always had a craving however having been a long time fan of games like halo wars, and red alert on Xbox. At first I was overwhelmed by the size and amount to manage in the game. If you focus and just dedicate the time to learning how it all pieces together, you will get used to it. I love experimenting with the different governing styles, along with the different styles for outfitting your fleets. The diversity among race types is awesome, however I would have opted for fewer options, with their own particular advantages/dis-advantages. Without this they all just seem like the same thing with simply different avatars in the government screen. I could see this being difficult to balance, given the amount of race types.

One thing i'm very confused about is that there is no tech tree, you just get the technologies randomly. I find this frustrating as it can stall your progress in several areas of the game, but perhaps this is an intended part of the struggle. Also I hope the devs add more options for sectors in the game, I don't know if i'm just not using them correctly, but they never seem to advance or progress like they should. For example I will set a sector to a balanced focus, come back later to check on what some of the planets have decided to build and they will build completely useless stuff. In one instance a planet in a sector i had set to agricultural focus, had decided to build nothing but science labs! This is slightly frustrating, because you have to remove the planet from the sector, edit its tiles to make them produce what the sector actually needs, then add the planet back to the sector once all the tiles are built and upgraded. It would be nice if sectors were aware of what they're producing, compare it with what they currently need, and act on their own from there. However this is a minor gripe in the wider scheme of things.


All in all i love this game and hope to see it do well on Xbox, I hope multiplayer is coming soon. I can't wait to conquer those pesky fungoid nations with my friends.
 
AstroKing96 said:
I'm new to the 'Grand Strategy Games' field as well. I've always had a craving however having been a long time fan of games like halo wars, and red alert on Xbox. At first I was overwhelmed by the size and amount to manage in the game. If you focus and just dedicate the time to learning how it all pieces together, you will get used to it. I love experimenting with the different governing styles, along with the different styles for outfitting your fleets. The diversity among race types is awesome, however I would have opted for fewer options, with their own particular advantages/dis-advantages. Without this they all just seem like the same thing with simply different avatars in the government screen. I could see this being difficult to balance, given the amount of race types.

One thing i'm very confused about is that there is no tech tree, you just get the technologies randomly. I find this frustrating as it can stall your progress in several areas of the game, but perhaps this is an intended part of the struggle. Also I hope the devs add more options for sectors in the game, I don't know if i'm just not using them correctly, but they never seem to advance or progress like they should. For example I will set a sector to a balanced focus, come back later to check on what some of the planets have decided to build and they will build completely useless stuff. In one instance a planet in a sector i had set to agricultural focus, had decided to build nothing but science labs! This is slightly frustrating, because you have to remove the planet from the sector, edit its tiles to make them produce what the sector actually needs, then add the planet back to the sector once all the tiles are built and upgraded. It would be nice if sectors were aware of what they're producing, compare it with what they currently need, and act on their own from there. However this is a minor gripe in the wider scheme of things.


All in all i love this game and hope to see it do well on Xbox, I hope multiplayer is coming soon. I can't wait to conquer those pesky fungoid nations with my friends.
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Welcome AstroKing69 , to be a new player ( Like I"m bye the way ) you give there some good in gameplay info about the sectors , I will have to check whether one of my sector that I have set to focus on minerals is really developing in that direction .
Have fun .
 
Thank you for the welcome, let me know if your sectors are operating normally. I don't think mine do, but there are lots of small details ive noticed, so perhaps im overlooking something.
svenvangent said:
Welcome AstroKing69 , to be a new player ( Like I"m bye the way ) you give there some good in gameplay info about the sectors , I will have to check whether one of my sector that I have set to focus on minerals is really developing in that direction .
Have fun .
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I've been told that the best thing to do on sector planets is to fill it with whatever base tiles you want (or even second level on the science tiles) before you put it in a sector. That way they will just continue what you started. before
 
Biv said:
I've been told that the best thing to do on sector planets is to fill it with whatever base tiles you want (or even second level on the science tiles) before you put it in a sector. That way they will just continue what you started. before
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Thank you for the advice, thats how ive been doing it, and it seems to work pretty well. In my current running game i have three sectors total, and they all seem to be very productive and self sustaining.
 
Biv said:
I've been told that the best thing to do on sector planets is to fill it with whatever base tiles you want (or even second level on the science tiles) before you put it in a sector. That way they will just continue what you started. before
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That's exactly what I do. When i started up sectors I left them be. They need to little boost. Assuredly it's worth it late game when they stash up energy and minerals.
 
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